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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/explicit.html" title="cpp/language/explicit"><tt>explicit</tt></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/static.html" title="cpp/language/static"><tt>static</tt></a> </td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv-h2"><td colspan="5"> Special member functions</td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/default_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/default constructor"> Default constructor</a></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/copy_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/copy constructor"> Copy constructor</a></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/move_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/move constructor"> Move constructor</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/as_operator.html" title="cpp/language/as operator" class="mw-redirect"> Copy assignment</a></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/move_operator.html" title="cpp/language/move operator" class="mw-redirect"> Move assignment</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/destructor.html" title="cpp/language/destructor"> Destructor</a></td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv-h1"><td colspan="5"><a href="language/templates.html" title="cpp/language/templates"> Templates</a> </td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/class_template.html" title="cpp/language/class template"> Class template </a></td></tr>
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/function_template.html" title="cpp/language/function template"> Function template </a></td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/template_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/template specialization"> Template specialization</a></td></tr>   
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/parameter_pack.html" title="cpp/language/parameter pack"> Parameter packs</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv-h1"><td colspan="5"> Miscellaneous </td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/asm.html" title="cpp/language/asm"> Inline assembly</a></td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/history.html" title="cpp/language/history"> History of C++</a></td></tr>
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<p>This is a reference of the core C++ language constructs.
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<p><b><a href="language/basic_concepts.html" title="cpp/language/basic concepts">Basic concepts</a></b>
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<p><a href="comments.html" title="cpp/comment">Comments</a><br>
<a href="language/ascii.html" title="cpp/language/ascii">ASCII chart</a><br>
<a href="language/punctuators.html" title="cpp/language/punctuators">Punctuation</a><br>
<a href="language/name.html" title="cpp/language/identifiers">Names and identifiers</a><br>
<a href="language/type-id.html" title="cpp/language/type">Types</a> – 
<a href="language/types.html" title="cpp/language/types">Fundamental types</a><br>
<a href="language/objects.html" title="cpp/language/object">Object</a> –
<a href="language/scope.html" title="cpp/language/scope">Scope</a> –
<a href="language/lifetime.html" title="cpp/language/lifetime">Lifetime</a><br>
<a href="language/definition.html" title="cpp/language/definition">Definitions and ODR</a><br>
<a href="language/lookup.html" title="cpp/language/lookup">Name lookup</a><br>
  <a href="language/qualified_lookup.html" title="cpp/language/qualified lookup">qualified</a> – <a href="language/unqualified_lookup.html" title="cpp/language/unqualified lookup">unqualified</a> (<a href="language/adl.html" title="cpp/language/adl">ADL</a>)<br>
<a href="language/as_if.html" title="cpp/language/as if">As-if rule</a><br>
<a href="language/ub.html" title="cpp/language/ub">Undefined behavior</a><br>
<a href="language/memory_model.html" title="cpp/language/memory model">Memory model and data races</a><br>
<a href="language/charset.html" title="cpp/language/charset">Character sets and encodings</a><br>
<a href="language/translation_phases.html" title="cpp/language/translation phases">Phases of translation</a><br>
<a href="language/main_function.html" title="cpp/language/main function">The <code>main</code> function</a><br>
<a href="language/modules.html" title="cpp/language/modules">Modules</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="keywords.html" title="cpp/keyword">Keywords</a></b>
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<p><b><a href="preprocessor.html" title="cpp/preprocessor">Preprocessor</a></b>
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<p><a href="preprocessor/conditional.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/conditional"> <code>#if</code> - <code>#ifdef</code> - <code>#ifndef</code> - <code>#elif</code></a><br>
<a href="preprocessor/conditional.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/conditional"> <code>#elifdef</code> - <code>#elifndef</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx23">(C++23)</span><br>
<a href="preprocessor/replace.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/replace"> <code>#define</code> - <code>#</code> - <code>##</code></a><br> 
<a href="preprocessor/include.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/include"><code>#include</code></a> -
<a href="preprocessor/impl.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/impl"><code>#pragma</code></a><br>
<a href="preprocessor/line.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/line"><code>#line</code></a> -
<a href="preprocessor/error.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/error"><code>#error</code></a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/expressions.html" title="cpp/language/expressions">Expressions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/value_category.html" title="cpp/language/value category">Value categories</a><br>
<a href="language/eval_order.html" title="cpp/language/eval order">Evaluation order and sequencing</a><br>
<a href="language/constant_expression.html" title="cpp/language/constant expression">Constant expressions</a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Operators" title="cpp/language/expressions">Operators</a><br>
  <a href="language/operator_assignment.html" title="cpp/language/operator assignment">assignment</a> –
<a href="language/operator_arithmetic.html" title="cpp/language/operator arithmetic">arithmetic</a><br>
  <a href="language/operator_incdec.html" title="cpp/language/operator incdec">increment and decrement</a><br>
  <a href="language/operator_logical.html" title="cpp/language/operator logical">logical</a> –
<a href="language/operator_comparison.html" title="cpp/language/operator comparison">comparison</a><br>
  <a href="language/operator_member_access.html" title="cpp/language/operator member access">member access and indirection</a><br>
  <a href="language/operator_other.html" title="cpp/language/operator other">call, comma, ternary</a><br>
  <a href="language/sizeof.html" title="cpp/language/sizeof"><code>sizeof</code></a> – <a href="language/alignof.html" title="cpp/language/alignof"><code>alignof</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
  <a href="language/new.html" title="cpp/language/new"><code>new</code></a> – <a href="language/delete.html" title="cpp/language/delete"><code>delete</code></a> – <a href="language/typeid.html" title="cpp/language/typeid"><code>typeid</code></a><br>
<a href="language/operators.html" title="cpp/language/operators">Operator overloading</a><br>
<a href="language/default_comparisons.html" title="cpp/language/default comparisons">Default comparisons</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
<a href="language/operator_precedence.html" title="cpp/language/operator precedence">Operator precedence</a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Conversions" title="cpp/language/expressions">Conversions</a><br>
  <a href="language/implicit_cast.html" title="cpp/language/implicit cast" class="mw-redirect">implicit</a> –
<a href="language/explicit_cast.html" title="cpp/language/explicit cast">explicit</a> –
<a href="language/cast_operator.html" title="cpp/language/cast operator">user-defined</a><br>
  <a href="language/static_cast.html" title="cpp/language/static cast"><code>static_cast</code></a> – <a href="language/dynamic_cast.html" title="cpp/language/dynamic cast"><code>dynamic_cast</code></a><br>
  <a href="language/const_cast.html" title="cpp/language/const cast"><code>const_cast</code></a> – <a href="language/reinterpret_cast.html" title="cpp/language/reinterpret cast"><code>reinterpret_cast</code></a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Literals" title="cpp/language/expressions">Literals</a><br>
  <a href="language/bool_literal.html" title="cpp/language/bool literal">boolean</a> –
<a href="language/integer_literal.html" title="cpp/language/integer literal">integer</a> –
<a href="language/floating_literal.html" title="cpp/language/floating literal">floating</a><br>
  <a href="language/character_literal.html" title="cpp/language/character literal">character</a> –
<a href="language/string_literal.html" title="cpp/language/string literal">string</a><br>
  <a href="language/nullptr.html" title="cpp/language/nullptr"><code>nullptr</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
  <a href="language/user_literal.html" title="cpp/language/user literal">user-defined</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/declarations.html" title="cpp/language/declarations">Declarations</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/namespace.html" title="cpp/language/namespace">Namespace declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/namespace_alias.html" title="cpp/language/namespace alias">Namespace alias</a><br>
<a href="language/reference.html" title="cpp/language/reference">References</a> –
<a href="language/pointer.html" title="cpp/language/pointer">Pointers</a> –
<a href="language/array.html" title="cpp/language/array">Arrays</a><br>
<a href="language/structured_binding.html" title="cpp/language/structured binding">Structured bindings</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx17">(C++17)</span><br>
<a href="language/enum_class.html" title="cpp/language/enum">Enumerations and enumerators</a><br>
<a href="language/storage_duration.html" title="cpp/language/storage duration">Storage duration and linkage</a><br>
<a href="language/tu_local.html" title="cpp/language/tu local">Translation-unit-local</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
<a href="language/language_linkage.html" title="cpp/language/language linkage">Language linkage</a><br>
<a href="language/inline.html" title="cpp/language/inline"><code>inline</code> specifier</a><br>
<a href="language/asm.html" title="cpp/language/asm">Inline assembly</a><br>
<a href="language/cv.html" title="cpp/language/cv"><code>const</code>/<code>volatile</code></a> – <a href="language/constexpr.html" title="cpp/language/constexpr"><code>constexpr</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/consteval.html" title="cpp/language/consteval"><code>consteval</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span> – <a href="language/constinit.html" title="cpp/language/constinit"><code>constinit</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
<a href="language/decltype.html" title="cpp/language/decltype"><code>decltype</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> – <a href="language/auto.html" title="cpp/language/auto"><code>auto</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> <br>
<a href="language/typedef.html" title="cpp/language/typedef"><code>typedef</code></a> – <a href="language/type_alias.html" title="cpp/language/type alias">Type alias</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/elaborated_type_specifier.html" title="cpp/language/elaborated type specifier">Elaborated type specifiers</a><br>
<a href="language/attributes.html" title="cpp/language/attributes">Attributes</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> – <a href="language/alignas.html" title="cpp/language/alignas"><code>alignas</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/static_assert.html" title="cpp/language/static assert"><code>static_assert</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/initialization.html" title="cpp/language/initialization">Initialization</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/default_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/default initialization">Default initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/value_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/value initialization">Value initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/copy_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/copy initialization">Copy initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/direct_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/direct initialization">Direct initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/aggregate_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/aggregate initialization">Aggregate initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/list_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/list initialization">List initialization</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/reference_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/reference initialization">Reference initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/initialization.html#Non-local_variables" title="cpp/language/initialization">Static non-local initialization</a><br>
 <a href="language/zero_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/zero initialization">zero</a> – <a href="language/constant_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/constant initialization">constant</a><br>
<a href="language/initialization.html#Non-local_variables" title="cpp/language/initialization">Dynamic non-local initialization</a><br>
 <a href="language/initialization.html#Non-local_variables" title="cpp/language/initialization">ordered</a> – <a href="language/initialization.html#Non-local_variables" title="cpp/language/initialization">unordered</a><br>
<a href="language/copy_elision.html" title="cpp/language/copy elision">Copy elision</a>
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<p><b><a href="language/functions.html" title="cpp/language/functions">Functions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/function.html" title="cpp/language/function">Function declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/default_arguments.html" title="cpp/language/default arguments">Default arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/variadic_arguments.html" title="cpp/language/variadic arguments">Variadic arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/lambda.html" title="cpp/language/lambda">Lambda expression</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/adl.html" title="cpp/language/adl">Argument-dependent lookup</a><br>
<a href="language/overload_resolution.html" title="cpp/language/overload resolution">Overload resolution</a><br>
<a href="language/operators.html" title="cpp/language/operators">Operator overloading</a><br>
<a href="language/overloaded_address.html" title="cpp/language/overloaded address">Address of an overload set</a><br>
<a href="language/coroutines.html" title="cpp/language/coroutines">Coroutines</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/statements.html" title="cpp/language/statements">Statements</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/if.html" title="cpp/language/if"><code>if</code></a> –
<a href="language/switch.html" title="cpp/language/switch"><code>switch</code></a><br>
<a href="language/for.html" title="cpp/language/for"><code>for</code></a> –
<a href="language/range-for.html" title="cpp/language/range-for">range-<code>for</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/while.html" title="cpp/language/while"><code>while</code></a> – <a href="language/do.html" title="cpp/language/do"><code>do</code>-<code>while</code></a><br>
<a href="language/continue.html" title="cpp/language/continue"><code>continue</code></a> –
<a href="language/break.html" title="cpp/language/break"><code>break</code></a> –
<a href="language/goto.html" title="cpp/language/goto"><code>goto</code></a> –
<a href="language/return.html" title="cpp/language/return"><code>return</code></a><br>
<a href="language/transactional_memory.html" title="cpp/language/transactional memory"><code>synchronized</code> and <code>atomic</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-tm-ts t-mark-ts">(TM TS)</span><br>
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<p><a href="language/class.html" title="cpp/language/class">Class types</a> –
<a href="language/union.html" title="cpp/language/union">Union types</a><br>
<a href="language/injected-class-name.html" title="cpp/language/injected-class-name">injected-class-name</a><br>
<a href="language/data_members.html" title="cpp/language/data members">Data members</a> –
<a href="language/bitfield.html" title="cpp/language/bit field">Bit fields</a><br>
<a href="language/member_functions.html" title="cpp/language/member functions">Member functions</a> –
<a href="language/this.html" title="cpp/language/this">The <code>this</code> pointer</a> <br>
<a href="language/static.html" title="cpp/language/static">Static members</a> –
<a href="language/nested_classes.html" title="cpp/language/nested types">Nested classes</a><br>
<a href="language/derived_class.html" title="cpp/language/derived class">Derived class</a> –
<a href="language/using_declaration.html" title="cpp/language/using declaration"><code>using</code>-declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/ebo.html" title="cpp/language/ebo">Empty base optimization</a><br>
<a href="language/virtual.html" title="cpp/language/virtual">Virtual function</a> –
<a href="language/abstract_class.html" title="cpp/language/abstract class">Abstract class</a><br>
<a href="language/override.html" title="cpp/language/override"><code>override</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> – <a href="language/final.html" title="cpp/language/final"><code>final</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/access.html" title="cpp/language/access">Member access</a> –
<a href="language/friend.html" title="cpp/language/friend"><code>friend</code></a> <br> 
<a href="language/initializer_list.html" title="cpp/language/constructor">Constructors and member initializer lists</a><br>
<a href="language/default_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/default constructor">Default constructor</a> –
<a href="language/destructor.html" title="cpp/language/destructor">Destructor</a><br>
<a href="language/copy_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/copy constructor">Copy constructor</a> –
<a href="language/as_operator.html" title="cpp/language/copy assignment">Copy assignment</a> <br>
<a href="language/move_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/move constructor">Move constructor</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/move_operator.html" title="cpp/language/move assignment">Move assignment</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/converting_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/converting constructor">Converting constructor</a> –
<a href="language/explicit.html" title="cpp/language/explicit"><code>explicit</code> specifier</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/templates.html" title="cpp/language/templates">Templates</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/template_parameters.html" title="cpp/language/template parameters">Template parameters and arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/class_template.html" title="cpp/language/class template">Class template</a> –
<a href="language/function_template.html" title="cpp/language/function template">Function template</a><br>
<a href="language/variable_template.html" title="cpp/language/variable template">Variable template</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx14">(C++14)</span><br>
<a href="language/member_template.html" title="cpp/language/member template">Class member template</a><br>
<a href="language/template_argument_deduction.html" title="cpp/language/template argument deduction">Template argument deduction</a><br>
<a href="language/deduction_guide.html" title="cpp/language/class template argument deduction">Class template argument deduction</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx17">(C++17)</span><br>
<a href="language/template_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/template specialization">Explicit specialization</a> – <a href="language/partial_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/partial specialization">Partial specialization</a><br>
<a href="language/parameter_pack.html" title="cpp/language/parameter pack">Parameter packs</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> –
<a href="language/sizeof....html" title="cpp/language/sizeof..."><code>sizeof...</code></a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/fold.html" title="cpp/language/fold">Fold-expressions</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx17">(C++17)</span><br>
<a href="language/dependent_name.html" title="cpp/language/dependent name">Dependent names</a> –
<a href="language/sfinae.html" title="cpp/language/sfinae">SFINAE</a><br>
<a href="language/constraints.html" title="cpp/language/constraints">Constraints and concepts</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
<a href="language/requires.html" title="cpp/language/requires">Requires expression</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx20">(C++20)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/exceptions.html" title="cpp/language/exceptions">Exceptions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/throw.html" title="cpp/language/throw"><code>throw</code>-expression</a><br>
<a href="language/try_catch.html" title="cpp/language/try catch"><code>try</code>-<code>catch</code> block</a><br>
<a href="language/function-try-block.html" title="cpp/language/function-try-block">function-<code>try</code>-block</a><br>
<a href="language/noexcept_spec.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept spec"><code>noexcept</code> specifier</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/noexcept.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept"><code>noexcept</code> operator</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec">Dynamic exception specification</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-until-cxx17">(until C++17)</span><br>
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